Awnibtg attachment fos automobiles



W. C. KASPER. AWNING ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES. ABPLICATION FILED DEC. l6, I918.

Patented (M. 21, 1919.

Witt mm v WILLIAM KASPER, F LAKEWOOD,.OHIO.

A 'WN ING ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented 0011.21, 1919.

Application filed December 16, 1918. Serial No. 266,961.

' following is a specification.

This invention relates to attachments for automobiles, and has for its object to provide an awning or the like which is supported in position to shield or protect the wind-shield from snow and rain, and also to act as a shade from the sun'when desired.

X' arious devices have hereto tore been pro posed for the purpose of preventing deposits of moistureor snow on wind-shields, which obscure the vision of the driver. The present invention is designed and intended as an improvement on these devices, and consists of an awning or the like which can be removed when its use not necessary, and which can be quickly put in place when desired,

The invention may be embodied in various forms. one of which is illustrated in the accon'ipanying drawings 'in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of part of an automobile provided with the attachment.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the attachment.

Fig. 3 is a detai in section showing the manner of attaching" the device to the automobile top.

Fig. 4 is a detail of the support for the front end of the awning.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the automobile. body, 7 the top thereof, 8 the windshield; 9 the radiator.

The attachment coinprises an awning 10, which may be of any shape desired, but is conveniently triangular as shown. This awning has reinforcing strips 11, running from front to back, and at its rear corners it is p ovided with hooks 12, which are adapted to engage loops 13, conveniently fastened to the front how 14- of' the top 7 The awning also has an upper flap 15, fastened along its rear edge, and ot' 'sutth Ciont size to lap the joint between the rear end of the awning and the top. This flap may be fastened to the outside of the top as by snap fasteners 16. I

lhe rear end at the awning is also provided on its under side with a gutter l7, which consists of a piece of flexible material of sutficient width to extend across and hang below the joint between the awning and the top, and the rear edge of this gutter flap may be secured to the how 14 as by snap fasteners 18. i

To support the front end of the awning, I substitute for the ordinary radiator cap, ,a cap 19 having a standard 20, the top which has a collar 21, and an ornamentalnut 22 which screws on the standard. The front end of the awning has a loop 23, which fits over the top of the standard and rests on the collar 21.

In the use of the device, the rear end of the awning: is attached to the front of the top by the hooks 12, and the flap 15 and the gutter- 17 are fastened in place. The loop 23 is engaged with the standard 20 and held by the nut 22. The awning, will then extend in a substantially horizontal position over and in front of the windshield and will protect the same from the rain or snow. It will also be found, very useful as a shade in driving toward the sun, as it will keep the sun out of the eyes of the driver. When not in use the cap 19 and the standard 20 can be removed and the awning detached from the top and rolled up into small compass. for storage under the seat or elsewhere. It can be very quickly applied or detached, and can be made at much less cost than the glass supplemental rain shields heretofore known.

It may be remarked that the purpose of the gutter 17 is to catch any water which may leak through between the top 7 and the flap 15, and such water will be drained out or ends of the gutter, beyond the windshield.

The invention is not limited to the form shown and described, but may be embodied in various modified structures.

I claim:

1. The combination with an automobile and its top, of an awning detachably joined 100 to the front of the top and extending for wardly therefrom, and having a flap covering the joint and secured to the outsidepf the top. a gutter extending under the joint between the top and the awning, and means to support the awning in extended'position.

2. The combination with an automobile having a radiator at the front thereof, and

a top, of a triangular awning detachably 5213- standard and at its rear and to the automo- 10 toned at its rear wide end to the front of the bile top. top and extending forwardly [11Ui'(5f1'0111,2111d in testimony whereof I do afiix my sig :1 standard mounted on the. radiator and supnature in the presence of two WitHESSER' ortin the front a )eX end of the mvnino". v- W Q n p 3. 'l he combinat ion with an automo bile W114] LAM kiwi having a radio-tor at the front thereof, of a Witnesses: radiator cap provided with a standard, and JOHN A. Bormnrmmg an awning attached at its front and to said RoBERTsoN Bowm. 

